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  • ISBN13: 9780811867351
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Excellent-selling authors Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile delivered sweet relief to moms together with their first book, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Children. Here they return together with a frank, yet encouraging look at marriage post-tots. They set out to discover if parenthood has to be incompatible together with conjugal bliss and if so, how to modify this. To locate out, they spoke to hundreds of mothers (and quite a few fathers). I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper examines the challenges of modern parenthood for married couples today and it expands a loving hand so this mothers can step out of the madness, do the much of what they have, and study to love their marriages as much as they love their husbands and children.

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Kind of like a giant issue of Cosmo, but less informational   2009-12-21
By Matthew T. Weflen (Chicago, IL)
My wife and I are planning on having kids in the next few years. So we're looking at books and TV shows on the subject, to get an idea of what's in store.

Apparently, years of misery, sexless drudgery, and giant messes await us. Yay!

The authors, Tricia Ashworth and Amy Nobile, are responsible for two other books, the identically styled "I Was a Really Good Mom Before I had Kids," and "Dirty Little Secrets From Otherwise Perfect Moms." Crammed with bullet points, quirkily-fonted graphics, and small text blurbs, these books are about as informational as an issue of Cosmopolitan. In them, we learn that men are morons, women are overworked, traditional gender roles are difficult to maintain in this work-a-day world, and having kids is difficult.

Well, DUH.

I would have liked a little more theory and science behind some of this. Some actual advice would be nice, too, as opposed to the hundreds of pages of shallow confessionals we do get.

This book (and its companions) seem designed to make you feel less bad, not to actually make you any better. Which, when you think about it, is the perfect formula for selling more identically styled books.

Genius!

To be fair, for the money, you could do worse. Magazines are expensive these days, and serious books can be dry and boring. This little confection isn't very nutritional, but it should give you a decent sugar rush for about 3 dollars an hour. It was moderately entertaining, in the way that confessional "Oprah" style pap usually is. It's fun to revel in other people's foibles, and laugh at their misfortune. But it's not terribly edifying.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Somewhat entertaining.   2009-12-17
By Nicole T. (Newington, CT)
I picked up this book because the title caught my eye. I didn't honestly think that the book would improve my marriage but I thought it might provide some insight and humor for those of us that spend way more time changing diapers than chatting with our husbands. This book was just as I thought it would be. There were many entertaining sections such as the quiz entitled: Which of the following phrases do you wish would come out of your husband's mouth? One of the options for this includes: "Both kids have the throw up flu? That sucks. You must be a wreck. Why don't you go finish your book and I'll take care of them for the rest of the day?".

My favorite parts of the book were the comments sent in by the married couples that appeared throughout the book. They had the most insight and were very truthful.

I would recommend this book for someone looking for a humorous synopsis of what marriage after children entails. If you are looking for a book to work on your marriage, look elsewhere.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  A love-hate review: the good, the bad and the ho-hum.   2009-10-30
By Tanya Dennis
I've had a love-hate response to this book. It encouraged and discouraged me at the same time.

WHAT I LIKED: In an age and culture where most hold a consumer's view of marriage, this book offers a mature look at commitment. In other words, some people need to grow up! A promise is a promise. Sometimes it will be great, and sometimes it will take a lot of work. The authors use logic, persuasion, personal stories, expert quotes and statistics to show what works in marriage and what doesn't. They encourage moms to care not only for their children, but for themselves and their marriages as well. If we want healthy marriages, we must make them a priority. Furthermore, by preserving healthy marriages and healthy self-image, mothers actually help their kids to have greater confidence, positive self images and a solid sense of security. I loved the main text of this book.

I greatly appreciate the extent of the authors' research. They relaid wisdom from experts in business, relationships, parenting and even time-management -- all of which applies to healthy families and marriages.

WHAT I DISLIKED: The sidebars and random quotes were too much. They interrupted the flow and distracted from the better, meatier text. The "Little Dirty Secrets" are horrible. Most promote unhealthy behavior rather than offer positive corrections. Some sidebars consumed a whole page and, while they may have been interesting, had nothing to do with that section of the book.

OVERALL: I would definitely recommend the book IF the sidebars were eliminated or, at the very least, severely decreased in number. As is, it's just a ho-hum book. There are some great bits of information, but it all could have been compiled into a neat pamphlet or ebook instead of a big, rather expensive paperback.

CAVEAT: Please note that this book does contain foul language. Most occurrences use the b-word or the s-word. A couple sidebar quotes use the f-word.

Customer rating is 3 of 5  I'd trade this book for a housekeeper   2009-10-03
By A. C. Jones
The only part of this book I really enjoyed were the "dirty little secret" sentences scattered about every other page. The rest of the book was info pulled from other psychologists', self-help and relationship specialists' books. The two women writing the book did not share enough of their own experiences or give enough information on how to cope or work through problems. They repeated themselves frequently & never go to the "how to cope/solve" information. I would not recommend this book.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Light and fluffy   2009-09-04
By J. Snavely (Raleigh, NC United States)
Not a "self-help" book. Reading this book is like talking with your girlfriends (assuming they're telling the truth). Nearly half of the book focuses on how unhappy and unfulfilled most married couples are; letting you know that you're not alone I suppose. Advice is handled in a 3rd-person "some couples do this" format. It really just reinforces my first statement, that this is NOT a self-help book.

If you want to feel like you're not alone and have an hour or so to kill, then fine - read the book. If you actually want to improve your marriage? Please look elsewhere.

175 pages, but between the large print, and enlarged quotes all over the place this a very short read.


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